1.) "no-issue" does not allow their citizens to carry a concealed hand gun.
2.) "may-issue" grants citizens to carry concealed hand guns with a permit.
3.) "shall-issue" requires police to issue permits if the applicant meets certain criteria such as:
minimum age
no prior felony convictions
no recent commitments to a mental hospital
4.) "unrestricted-carry" where no permit is required.
A 2008 Gallup poll revealed that 28% of the population supported a total ban on handguns — the lowest level since the poll was first taken in 1959 (when support for a total ban was 60% of the population). This same poll revealed that 49% of Americans in 2008 preferred more restrictive gun laws, compared to 78% when the question was first asked in the 1990 version of the poll. A 2009 CNN poll found even lower levels of support for gun laws: in this poll, only 39% favored more restrictive laws.(says gun politics on ask.com encyclopedia under title united states paragraph 2). 48 states have passed laws allowing citizens to carry certain concealed firearms in public, either without a permit or after obtaining a permit from state or local law enforcement.
Some state regulations are:
1.) "no-issue" does not allow their citizens to carry a concealed hand gun.
2.) "may-issue" grants citizens to carry concealed hand guns with a permit.
3.) "shall-issue" requires police to issue permits if the applicant meets certain criteria such as:
minimum age
no prior felony convictions
no recent commitments to a mental hospital
4.) "unrestricted-carry" where no permit is required.
A 2008 Gallup poll revealed that 28% of the population supported a total ban on handguns — the lowest level since the poll was first taken in 1959 (when support for a total ban was 60% of the population). This same poll revealed that 49% of Americans in 2008 preferred more restrictive gun laws, compared to 78% when the question was first asked in the 1990 version of the poll. A 2009 CNN poll found even lower levels of support for gun laws: in this poll, only 39% favored more restrictive laws.(says gun politics on ask.com encyclopedia under title united states paragraph 2). 48 states have passed laws allowing citizens to carry certain concealed firearms in public, either without a permit or after obtaining a permit from state or local law enforcement.